VOUS ET NOUS by BRIGITTE FONTAINE & ARESKI BELKACEM
| SKU | 107068 |
| Artist | BRIGITTE FONTAINE & ARESKI BELKACEM |
| Title | VOUS ET NOUS |
| Label | KYTHIBONG |
| Catalog # | KTB 67 |
| Tag | |
| Release | W 48 - 2018 |
| Format | Vinyl - EU2LP |
| Import | |
| € 31,50 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Vous Et Nous
- Patriarcat
- Mon Enfance
- Vent D'Automne
- Le Serveur Du Dome
- Je Suis Venu Te Voir
- Rien Que Changer
- Le Ciel Est Doux
- Le Repas Des Dromadaires
- Vous Et Nous
- L'Amour Parfait
- Un Soleil
- TDans Ma Rue
- L'Orage Est Fini
- Le Brin D'Herbe
- La Harpe Jaune
- Je T'Aimerai
- Ce N'Est Pas Un Ennemi
- Encaustique
- Petit Sapin
- Je T'Aimerai
- La Déchirure
- Le Petit Cheval Bleu
- Les Roses Sont Farouches
- Les Muzdus
Description
Reissue of stunning 1977 album where electronic experiments, North African trance, refined acoustics and medieval drones gracefully blend with the acid and candid tongues of the singers. 180gr gatefold double vinyl with hot foil printing TIP!
Art is a matter of different phases and influence. The artists' core reaches out like heat waves. And very rarely do these artists' core merge like Brigitte Fontaine and Arseki Belkacem have. Their Saravah Era lasted ten years (1969 to 1979), ten years of "folle sagesse" (crazy wisdom), above all genres and song limitation.
"Le plaisir secret que donne une chanson, dessin à la craie sur le mur de tes sons" (the personal delight within song, a chalk drawing on your wall of sounds) whispers Areski, right after Brigitte's voice on the penultimate song of the double album "Vous et nous". Released in 1977, this free flowing record contains 33 songs, it's their 6th album and it continues to spread the wide and generous spectrum of the couple fully blossoming talent.
It started out as a solo effort by Areski at Jean-Pierre Chambard's studio. Little by little, as Areski was filling tapes with poems and improvised skits, Brigitte would sneak into the studio at nightfall, adding her voice here and there, her whispers then became screams, giving fuel to the fire in a total blaze, a surreal blaze. The solitary work ("je") thrived to become us ("nous") and you ("vous") …
